LOT 2737
Celtic Britannia. Eastern North Thames Region AV Stater. Circa 60-20 BC. Uninscribed coinage. SS type.
Two reversed 'S' motifs in field / Annulate horse to right with beaded mane, wing motif and pellet triad above, wheel below. ABC 2237; VA 1509-1; SCBC 34. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(5.55gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 2737
Celtic Britannia. Eastern North Thames Region AV Stater.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci Potin Unit. 50-20 BC. Two Scrolls type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two scrolls / Ƨ and three parallel lines flanking central line. LT -; BMC -; DT 535 var.; Sch/SM 302-303; Gaumann 121. 1.65gr, 15mm.
Very Fine. Dark glossy patina. Unique as UK find.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 15, ref. no.11281 (dealer's ticket included). Found Standon, Hertfordshire. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AR Unit. Circa AD 10-43. Cunobelinus Hercules type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
CV-NO, Hercules standing to right holding club and lionskin / [T]ASCIIO[VA], woman (Diana or Epona?) riding side saddle on lion to right. ABC 2864; VA 2061; BMC 1884-85; SCBC 315. 1.18gr, 11mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd LL73, lot 42, ref. no.18344 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Late 2nd-1st century BC. Imitating Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, monogram to inner left; blundered legend around. OTA, Class II. 17.24gr, 32mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
